The countdown of the KNIA/KRLS All-Decade Team continues with the early part of the decade for the Pella football team, which was a program on the cusp of doing something incredible, but when it came to November football, they couldn’t quite put it together for a 3A title–yet. One player bridged that gap with his on-the-field dominance and leadership in the locker room — and was a key member of the first undefeated Pella state championship in 2014. Iowa’s Mr. Football that season, Garret Jansen was the anchor of one of the best defensive fronts in Class 3A football in the past decade, and Andrew Schneider catches up with the all-time great Dutch lineman.
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FULL INTERVIEW:
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Accolades:
2014 Mr. Iowa Football
2013, 2014 First Team All-State (Iowa Newspaper Association and Des Moines Register)
2014 3A State Football Champion
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2010-19 All Decade Team Final Roster (click the name on the roster):
QB – Noah Clayberg, Pella – Player of the Decade
RB – Cale Anthony, Pleasantville
RB – Wes Cummings, PCM
WR – Levi Jungling, Pella Christian
WR – Donovan Holterhaus, Pella
WR – Chase Wetterling, Melcher-Dallas
OL – Jake Crozier, Twin Cedars
OL – Jace Smith, PCM
OL – Brock Caviness, Knoxville
OL – Chris Bandstra, Pella
OL – Carter Terpstra, Pella
K – Nathan De Bruin, Pella Christian
KR – Noah Treimer, Pella Christian
DL – Garret Jansen, Pella
DL – Chaz Clark, Pleasantville
DL – Ross Dawson, Melcher-Dallas
DL – Seth Greiner, PCM
LB – Josh Pringle, Pella
LB – David Kacmarynski, Pella Christian
LB – Nathan Clayberg, Pella
DB – Keegan Cox, Knoxville
DB – Will Warner, Pella
DB – Avery Van Zee, Pella
DB – Hutch Burns, PCM
P – Trace Embray, Twin Cedars
PR – Hunter Tyree, Pleasantville
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